The resolution "condemns without reservation any denial of the Srebrenica genocide as a historical event and urges member states to preserve the established facts."
The resolution also asks states to complete the process of finding and identifying the remaining victims of the Srebrenica genocide during the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina that ensued with the dissolution of Yugoslavia.
In April, the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said that the draft resolution on events in Srebrenica is one-sided and can only provoke a new and very serious spiral of escalation.
Chinese Ambassador to the UN Fu Cong ahead of the vote said the resolution would undercut efforts to promote reconciliation.
However, some experts consider these numbers exaggerated. Official Belgrade and Banja Luka acknowledge the fact of the shooting of male population in July 1995 in the Srebrenica area, but categorically oppose the term "genocide," the adoption of which by the international community entails undesirable political consequences and undermines the reputation of the entire Serbian people.